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Uganda: Fears of Ebola spread as more cases reported

Medical authorities in Uganda have expressed concern over the possible spread of the deadly Ebola disease in the western region after suspected cases were reported in two neighbouring districts.

4 Dec 2007

Sam Zaramba, the director of medical services in the health ministry, told IRIN on 3 December that a patient with symptoms similar to those reported in Bundibugyo district, the epicentre of the outbreak, died on 2 December at Mbarara hospital, farther southwest, causing fears that the disease was spreading out of Bundibugyo.

Another suspected case had also been isolated at Virika hospital in Fort Portal district, next to Bundibugyo, Zaramba said.

"We are waiting for the results of the samples for the two suspected victims," he told IRIN by telephone.

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